From: Maxim Skokov <skokovmaksimevg@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
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Maxim Skokov <skokovmaksimevg@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: test_run: Fix false -EBADMSG after skb leaves CHECKSUM_COMPLETE
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 21:12:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007181249.352831-2-skokovmaksimevg@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007181249.352831-1-skokovmaksimevg@gmail.com>
With BPF_F_TEST_SKB_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, bpf_prog_test_run_skb() computes
skb->csum over the packet from the network header to the end and marks
the skb CHECKSUM_COMPLETE. After the program has run, it recomputes the
checksum and returns -EBADMSG if it does not match skb->csum.
bpf_skb_change_tail() resizes the skb with __skb_trim_rcsum() and
__skb_grow_rcsum(), which move a CHECKSUM_COMPLETE skb to CHECKSUM_NONE
and leave skb->csum as it is. The post-run check still compares against
that stale value, so a correct program fails with -EBADMSG. After a
trim, skb->csum still covers the removed bytes. After a grow, later
writes cannot update skb->csum, even with BPF_F_RECOMPUTE_CSUM, because
skb->csum is only adjusted for CHECKSUM_COMPLETE skbs.
skb->csum only holds the packet checksum while ip_summed is
CHECKSUM_COMPLETE. With CHECKSUM_NONE the stack does not rely on it and
validates the packet in software, so there is nothing to compare. Only
do the check if the skb is still CHECKSUM_COMPLETE after the run. A
program that keeps the skb CHECKSUM_COMPLETE but leaves skb->csum stale
still gets -EBADMSG.
Dropping the checksum offload is documented behaviour of
bpf_skb_change_tail() ("implicitly linearizes, unclones and drops
offloads"), and the stack does the same in other places, for example
skb_forward_csum(). The test harness has to accept CHECKSUM_NONE either
way, whether or not the helper is later taught to keep
CHECKSUM_COMPLETE.
Fixes: a3cfe84cca28 ("bpf: Add CHECKSUM_COMPLETE to bpf test progs")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Maxim Skokov <skokovmaksimevg@gmail.com>
---
net/bpf/test_run.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/bpf/test_run.c b/net/bpf/test_run.c
index 513354e928cb5..45718fa9adfd2 100644
--- a/net/bpf/test_run.c
+++ b/net/bpf/test_run.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,12 @@ int bpf_prog_test_run_skb(struct bpf_prog *prog, const union bpf_attr *kattr,
memset(__skb_push(skb, hh_len), 0, hh_len);
}
- if (kattr->test.flags & BPF_F_TEST_SKB_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE) {
+ /* A helper such as bpf_skb_change_tail() may have downgraded the skb
+ * from CHECKSUM_COMPLETE. skb->csum is then unused by the stack and
+ * there is nothing to validate.
+ */
+ if ((kattr->test.flags & BPF_F_TEST_SKB_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE) &&
+ skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE) {
const int off = skb_network_offset(skb);
int len = skb->len - off;
__wsum csum;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-07 18:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 18:12 [PATCH bpf 0/2] bpf: test_run: Fix false -EBADMSG with BPF_F_TEST_SKB_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE Maxim Skokov
2026-10-07 18:12 ` Maxim Skokov [this message]
2026-10-07 18:45 ` [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: test_run: Fix false -EBADMSG after skb leaves CHECKSUM_COMPLETE bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-08 17:17 ` Maxim Skokov
2026-10-07 18:12 ` [PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: Cover test_run csum validation after bpf_skb_change_tail() Maxim Skokov
2026-10-07 18:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 17:17 ` Maxim Skokov
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